Goodyear Farm Tires has created a new Low Sidewall (LSW) technology development centre in France to provide its European and UK distributors and customers with “improved access to one of the most innovative products on the market”.
Goodyear has announced the appointment of Ben Crawley as sales general manager replacement consumer Europe North, and Rob van Leersum as sales general manager replacement truck Europe North.
Nova Motorsport, a newly launched UK tyre brand, said it has acquired assets, including the brand license, traditionally used in the manufacturing and sale of a broad range of motorsport tyres under the names ‘Avon Motorsport’ and ‘Avon Racing’, from Goodyear’s Cooper Tire.
Goodyear is introducing 95 new sizes for its Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 summer tyre, with a particular focus on sizes 19 inch and above to accommodate the growth in SUV and EV sales throughout Europe.
Goodyear has partnered with Dutch research company TNO to showcase new ways of enhancing vehicle safety by integrating tyre intelligence technology into the anti-lock brake system (ABS) controller of a test vehicle.